I would like to respond to the Nov. 3 article headlined, “Pressure builds to update state’s mo-ped laws,” by Christopher Thomas.

First of all, many of the mo-ped drivers out there are not people who don’t have a driver’s license. Some of us enjoy riding scooters because they are fun and very economical. Forcing us to title, license and insure our scooters will in no way make us “safer” on the highways.

I would suggest that 95 percent of all mo-ped wrecks are “not” caused by the mo-ped drivers but by the impatient car and truck drivers who think they own the road and can’t afford to lose 15-30 seconds of their valuable time.

While driving on the far right of the right-hand lane, I have been passed several times by car and truck drivers by less than two feet when the entire left lane was open. That’s very dangerous and scary to the mo-ped driver. When an accident between a car and a mo-ped occurs, we know who the loser will be.

Most drivers do respect mo-ped and bicycle riders, thank goodness. Present laws need to be more rigorously enforced. More rules and regulations on mo-peds and scooters will hurt some people and create no more “accountability.”

State Rep. Phil Shepard needs to be a little more accountable to his job as a representative of the people, than to advocate more rules, regulations and taxes for which his opposing party is notorious!